It is extremely important, or at least mildly preferable, that folks not mix up incomes policy and industrial policy.
Pick a night (or day, if that's preferable) that works best for your schedule or friends' schedules.
Then again, perhaps it's preferable that the mayor stay away.
In fact, it is preferable that you aren't.
It would be preferable that you return first".
Given his budget, it was preferable that the help come without cost.
It is preferable that they be clean, efficient, gas-fired plants that emit few pollutants.
To be sure, it is preferable that all ongoing investigations proceed to their legal conclusion.
As to which approach is preferable, that seems to me a matter of personal choice.
"If the Syrians want to reach an agreement, and it is preferable that an agreement be reached, good".
Perkus's homeless friend had explained to him that though it was preferable that Perkus keep himself invisible, he had only to call himself a "volunteer" if anyone asked.
